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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesAnd all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAbram; the same is Abraham.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
John
Gospels / JohnWoe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWhom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
Acts
HistoryThou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
Acts
History / LukeThou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTherefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTheir horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five:
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
Matthew
GospelsAfter these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:
Numbers
LawI said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
Psalms
PoetryNevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
Joshua
HistoryBecause they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWho can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
Numbers
Law / MosesBut if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.
Numbers
LawWhatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThen all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.